401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
58
Participants Small participant base
59th
Percentile by assets National rank
$126,715
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Smith News Company, Inc. · California · Wholesale Trade

$7M in assets, 58 participants

Smith News Company, Inc.'s Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $7M in total assets and 58 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 59th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,347 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)

Smith News Company, Inc. multi-year trail

Smith News Company, Inc.'s plans moved +11.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan at $7M / 58 participants.

#3,347
in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
-17.2%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$7,349,480 Top 41% higher than 59% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan is a small filing (58 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 941366534 · Smith News Company, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $7M · 58 · 59th

  • VS-ST $7M
  • VS-ST 58
  • VS-ST 59th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Frost-Arnett Company 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #3347

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Smith News Company, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Smith News Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8M 11.40577292543146% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7M$7.5M$8M$8.5M$9M 202220232024 $7.35M $8.19M ▲ +11.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 58 $7M
2023 1 73 $9M
2024 1 72 $8M

Smith News Company, Inc. filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN941366534
Plan Effective Date1968-09-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00734948 · Participants: 58Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 45.765616608 · Participants: 205865Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.89820221 · Participants: 102963Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.851716605 · Participants: 46320Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.60989746 · Participants: 19946Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.361585903 · Participants: 54672Intel 401(k) Savings Plan
Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Frost-Arnett Company 401(k) Plan in TN ($7M); by covered participants it is Huron Community Bank 401(k) Plan in MI (58 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (58 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan declined sharply - down 17.2% during 2022, from $9M to $7M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Smith News Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Smith News Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.4%, from $7M to $8M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Frost-Arnett Company 401(k) Plan in TN ($7M, 297 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Smith News Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Huron Community Bank 401(k) Plan in MI (58 participants, $4M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 941366534.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.